AU Men's Soccer Upsets Cross-town Rival Georgetown, 4-1

WASHINGTON - The AU men's soccer team overcame
a 1-0 deficit, scoring four goals in the final 23 minutes of play,
to defeat cross-town rival Georgetown by a 4-1 score on Tuesday at
Reeves Field. The Hoyas had been receiving votes in the NSCAA and
ESPN polls and were ranked No. 25 by Soccer America heading into
today's contest.

In almost identical fashion to the AU win over Navy, Phil Purdy
put the Eagles on the scoreboard on a converted penalty shot at
67:16 when Cameron Petty was
pulled down in the box to even the score at 1-1. With the board
knotted up, a red card, one of nine cards issued in the contest,
was given to Hunter Joslin at 68:12. The Eagles would take
advantage of the man-up opportunity.

Anthony
Moy scored his second goal in as many games, and his
team-leading fourth of the season, just over six minutes later to
give American the lead. Tremaine
Chinapoo flicked a ball down the right flank to Jamie Davin. Davin
sent a perfect cross to the front of the net and Moy put a
convincing head on it and the Eagles led 2-1. Jack Scott scored his
first collegiate goal at 83:53 to blow the game open for the Eagles
when Dor Yasur
sent a long ball to the top of the box that was flicked on by Luis Martinez.
Scott collected the ball to the left of the net and beat Georgetown
keeper Mark Wilber for the 3-1 advantage.

American (5-5-2) would add an insurance goal at 87:57 from some
great passing from Martinez to Scott. Scott received the ball from
Martinez on the touchline to the right of the goal and dished it
right back to set up a wide open shot and secure the 4-1 victory.

Georgetown (7-3-3) scored its lone goal of the game at 53:07
when Seth C'Debaca sent a long ball over the top of the Eagles
defense to Scott Larrabee who went to net one-on-one with AU keeper
Matt
Makowski. Makowski got a hand on it, but the shot had just
enough pace to get in behind him.

Makowski had a big day in goal for the Eagles, making nine
saves. Wilber made two saves in goal for the Hoyas. Georgetown held
a slim 17-13 margin in shots and a 10-6 advantage in corner kicks.

"This was a huge win for us playing without senior captain and
center back Karsten Smith,"
said AU head coach Todd West. "Nick Kapus stepped in
and played great, Matt Makowski kept
us in the game and we ended up getting a couple of breaks and
making the best of our chances. The red card obviously changed the
game, but we took advantage of our opportunity and got a quality
win over a ranked opponent."

The Eagles will look to continue their two-game winning streak
when they return to conference play on Saturday at 7 p.m. when they
head to Lehigh for a Patriot League match with the Mountain Hawks.
The Eagles are 1-0-1 so far in league play.